Error: the entity type requires a primary key

Question

I would like to expand the question asked on this thread

Binding listbox to observablecollection

by giving it an ability to persistent the data. The structur

Answer 1

This worked for me:

using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

[Key]
public int ID { get; set; }

Answer 2

Removed and added back in the table using Scaffold-DbContext and the error went away

Answer 3

None of the answers worked until I removed the HasNoKey() method from the entity. Dont forget to remove this from your data context or the [Key] attribute will not fix anything.

Answer 4

I found a bit different cause of the error. It seems like SQLite wants to use correct primary key class property name. So...

Wrong PK name

public class Client
{
  public int SomeFieldName { get; set; }  // It is the ID
  ...
}

Correct PK name

public class Client
{
  public int Id { get; set; }  // It is the ID
  ...
}

public class Client
{
  public int ClientId { get; set; }  // It is the ID
  ...
}

It still posible to use wrong PK name but we have to use [Key] attribute like

public class Client
{
   [Key]
   public int SomeFieldName { get; set; }  // It is the ID
   ...
}

Answer 5

Your Id property needs to have a setter. However the setter can be private. The [Key] attribute is not necessary if the property is named "Id" as it will find it through the naming convention where it looks for a key with the name "Id".

public Guid Id { get; }              // Will not work
public Guid Id { get; set; }         // Will work
public Guid Id { get; private set; } // Will also work

Answer 6

When I used the Scaffold-DbContext command, it didn't include the "[key]" annotation in the model files or the "entity.HasKey(..)" entry in the "modelBuilder.Entity" blocks. My solution was to add a line like this in every "modelBuilder.Entity" block in the *Context.cs file:

entity.HasKey(X => x.Id);

I'm not saying this is better, or even the right way. I'm just saying that it worked for me.